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Professional Social
| Topic | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is an occupation? | a job |
| What is a profession | an occupation hat requires extensive education or specialized training |
| Basic essentials of a profession | Inherited ideas and ideals of an university Legal status Internal policing Motivation of service to society Conscience of individual member with a personal and private sense of dedication to society |
| Licensure | the most restrictive form of professional regulation where regulated activities are complex, requiring specialized knowledge and independent decision-making |
| Certification | Usually a voluntary professional credential that recognizes a professional has passed a certification exam given by a private agency |
| Nursing Regulation | Safe practice and protects the public from those who are incompetent to practice |
| History of regualtion | First Board of Nursing establish; North Carolina, New York, New Jersey and Virgina (1903) New York became the first state to define the scope of practice and adopts a mandatory licensure law(1938) |
| State board of nursing | Protecting the health, safety and welfare of the public. Staff are hired by the board of nursing and the board directors is appointed by the governor depending on state |
| Advantages of regulation of nursing practice | increased status, more economic benefits, improved standards of practice, codes of ethical behavior and barring of incompetent nurses |
| Nurse Practice Acts | Set licensure requirements for the nursing profession, Define the scope of practice and authorize the boards to enforce laws |
| Purpose of Nursing Practice Acts | Statements that refer to protect the health and safety of the citizen in the jurisdiction, protect the tile RN, Qualifications & responsibilities of those individuals covered by the regulations and delineates those excluded from the practice of nursing |
| Nursing social policy statement | Social Context of Nursing, Nursing definition, Knowledge base for Nursing Practice, scope of nursing practice, standards of professional nursing practice, regulation of professional nursing, application of the statement |
| Elements 1 | Relationship between the nurse and patient occurs within the values and beliefs of the patient and the nurse |
| Elements 2 | Public policy and the healthcare delivery system influence the health and well being of society and professional nursing |
| Element 3 | Individual responsibility and inter professional involvement are essential |
| DEFINITION OF NURSING | Protection, promotion and optimization of health and abilities, prevention of illness and injury, alleviation of suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response, and advocacy in the care of individuals, families, communities and population |
| DEFINING CHARACTERISTICS OF NURSING PRACTICE | Human Responses Theory Application Nursing Actions Outcomes |
| Knowledge base for nursing practice | Science, philosophy, ethics, biology, psychology, technology, social science, economic and organization theory, physical science |
| Scope of Nursing Practice | Self Determination Institutional Policies and procedures Nursing practice act and Rule and regulation Nursing profession scope of practice, standards of practice, code of ethics, specialty certification |
| Nursing process | Assessment Nursing Diagnosis Planning Implementation Evalution |
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